HLS 22RS-719 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 548
BY REPRESENTATIVE FREEMAN
EDUCATION: Requires the state Department of Education to develop and distribute health
and safety guidelines relative to best practices for the use of digital devices in public
schools
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 17:3921.4, relative to digital devices in public schools; to require the state
3 Department of Education to develop health and safety guidelines for the use of
4 digital devices in public schools; to require collaboration with the Louisiana
5 Department of Health and professional medical societies in developing the
6 guidelines; to provide for the content of the guidelines; to require the state
7 Department of Education to distribute the guidelines to public school governing
8 authorities; and to provide for related matters.
9Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 17:3921.4 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
11 ยง3921.4. Digital devices in public schools; health and safety guidelines
12 A. The state Department of Education, in collaboration with the Louisiana
13 Department of Health and professional medical societies, shall develop health and
14 safety guidelines relative to best practices for the effective integration of digital
15 devices in public schools. The state Department of Education shall distribute the
16 guidelines to public school governing authorities for implementation.
17 B. The guidelines shall be based on peer-reviewed, independently funded
18 studies and shall address, at a minimum, digital device use for different age ranges
19 and developmental levels, the amount of time spent on digital devices in the
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HB NO. 548
1 classroom, appropriate break frequency from the use of digital devices, the physical
2 positioning of digital devices in the classroom, the use of digital devices for
3 homework, and the training of teachers relative to these issues.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 548 Original 2022 Regular Session Freeman
Abstract: Provides for health and safety guidelines relative to the use of digital devices in
public schools.
Proposed law requires the state Dept. of Education (DOE), in collaboration with the La.
Dept. of Health and medical professional societies, to develop health and safety guidelines
relative to best practices for the effective integration of digital devices in public schools.
Requires DOE to distribute the guidelines to public school governing authorities for
implementation.
(Adds R.S. 17:3921.4)
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